yeah in land of the dead they just walk along the bottom then come out the other side. If they dont know your there tho they woudnt swim across how do you think they will be tho? like 28 days later running zombies or old school dawn of the dead were you can just run past em?

Chris F wrote:Are you sure zombies can anyway? Do they drown? Or would they just walk on the bottom Highlander style?

they the walk along the bottom until they are eventually eaten by the fishys.

they must need air surely.i did a biology degree and cant remember exactly why we need air but i think it is for powering muscles....if they cant power muscles they cant walk??1

We basically need oxgen for keeping cells alive. However as zombie can still walk about with arms chopped off and don't seem to have any blood supply for getting oxygen to cells anyway they must have a different biology to us. Also apart from living flesh they don't seem to eat much, and they don't eat each other, so what do they live off when food supplies drop.

I think Zak raises a good point. As long as you keep a low profile they won't come looking for you.

Reckon I'd set-up camp in Fingals cave on Staffa - funnel them through the 'hot gates' 300 stylee ....... that way I could pick them off one by one - eat puffin & shag cormorants

That's after I've set-up & tested my desalination plant at the back of the cave ...... maybe see if I could gate-crash Flacky's undergound disco on my days off - could be Murder on the Dancefloor though

shackattack2 wrote:Anaerobic respiration? or is this only a temporary process....

Like I said, I'm not really clued up on Zombie physiology. There this definitely a conflict between the various films I've seen. We need FACTS, or else we end up with a popular movie conflict like Back to the Future vs Terminator handling of the paradox of time travel.

ATTMFKH wrote:I cannot believe I am googleing how zombie's work & how they are made................. STOP IT ......

I've fallen into the same trap.......Loads of info out there

Here's a couple:

Killing method -

"Put the zombie through a wood chipper. This is one of the most brutal zombie kills that you can do and will be great fun. I recommend getting a friend to help you with this because you'll need to literally feed the zombie into the wood chipper. What you'll do is incapacitate it and then lift it up and put it through the wood chipper feet first. There's not much else to be said about this method other than that it's awesome."

and, from another (my favourite) site,

Preparation

"I'm assuming the reader isn't currently experiencing a zombie outbreak. If you are, skip down to the next section.

Preparing now for zombiedom is a good idea. Remember what the TV preacher said, "When hell is full, the dead will walk the earth." So it's bound to happen sooner or later. Since it would look wierd if you started bricking up your windows and stockpiling rifles, you have to be smart about this.

First, get to know the guy in town who bought a pallet of Spam to survive Y2K. He probably still has a ton of that stuff around, and knows all the good hiding places.

Next, scout out all the big box retailers that carry ammo and food. Not too many eh? Tough luck, blue-stater. Someplace like WalMart is ideal, especially with the Garden Center for seed and stuff for longterm survival. A big bonus would be a nearby Home Depot or some such place so you can get plenty of lumber and quick-mix concrete for fortification.

While you're preparing, always keep in mind locations where people congregate - you're likely to find lots of zombies there when things turn ugly. Highways, malls, and schools are especially bad. You also might want to mention to your friends and family in passing how well your hiding place could be defended, etc. That way, when the zombies come, they'll remember you said that and come help you. I don't recommend telling them you're preparing for a zombie invasion"

Can they climb trees? could you live up trees in a forest. prob quite easy to drop rocks on their heads

Yes, trees are well know for being full of ......rocks. Trouble with zombies is it looks like you need to destroy the brain to kill them, hard to guarantee that by dropping a rock on them. Firearms are a must I reckon, to guarantee kills.

Zombies are purely instinctive and show no emotion....exploit their weakness

Dig a pit around your residence, 12 feet deep should suffice. Cover with light twigs and watch those suckers drop. When your pit gets full I recomend a pump action shot gun to blow the heads off....then burn the bodies to make room for the next batch. Use the ashes from the bodies to fertilise your food crop, as you are now totally self sufficient.

And remember, there are a large number of surf zombies around these days. Do a search on this forum for various illustrations. Best not wait around at your local break anymore

They are a little like stoners.....bloodshot eyes, slow of mind, always hungry. They can be used as a case reference for future zombie dealings

what is the fat content of zombies? its just i was thinking of boiling them up and making them into a biodiesel type fuel. could be a good side line with shackattacks pit idea. you catch em. i boil em up into a fuel.

danny1 wrote:what is the fat content of zombies? its just i was thinking of boiling them up and making them into a biodiesel type fuel. could be a good side line with shackattacks pit idea. you catch em. i boil em up into a fuel.

Could be a potential source of zombie nepalm too....good idea for when the bullets run low

Season 3, Walking Dead, totally blown away by it, thought they couldn't top s2 but it just keeps getting better. Glad this season advocates killing useless neighbours or neighbours who might steal your provisions - coupla neighbours in my cross hairs when it all goes down lol

Brooks Zombie Survival guide is ace. Me and mates just keep exchanging zombie survival tips, one was gonna live in the lakes, near Windscale! No way I advised.